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By Will Hopkins
Collection Overview
Title: Civic and Cultural Centers, Norfolk, Virginia, Planning Records, 1951-1956
ID: 002/RG 08/0000-003
Primary Creator: Department of City Planning, Norfolk, Virginia
Extent: 6.0 Folders
Arrangement: Arranged in original order. These materials were originally housed in two black binders.
Date Acquired: 11/24/2014
Subjects: Buildings, City planning--Virginia--Norfolk, Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk (Va.). Department of City Planning, Urban renewal
Forms of Material: Correspondence, Government records, Memorandums, Plans (reports)
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Records relating to the planning, design, and construction of a new downtown civic center (including a city hall, courts, a city jail, and administrative offices and buildings) and new cultural center (including various public buildings and spaces) in the area near the current Chrysler Museum. Included are planning reports, City Planning Commission records, city correspondence, and internal city memorandums and documents.
Biographical Note
The Norfolk City Planning Department conducts urban and land use planning studies, controls zoning, oversees building permits and inspections, and conducts environmental studies and activities. The Department was formerly called the Department of City Planning and Zoning Ordinance.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Department of City Planning, Norfolk, Virginia, by transfer
Preferred Citation:
Civic and Cultural Centers, Norfolk, Virginia, Planning Records, RG 08-0000-003, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed October 30, 2018.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Civic Center Records, 1952-1956
- Item 1: Civic Center Plan by the City Planning Commission, 1952 December
- Item 2: Letter from architect Vincent Kling to City Manager, 1955 December 6
- Includes city memorandum.
- Item 3: Memorandum from City Manager on Survey of Central Business District, 1955 December 5
- Item 4: Letter from City Engineer on Civic Center plans, 1955 November 29
- Item 5: Letters between City and architect Vincent Kling, 1955 November 17 and 18
- Item 6: Letter from City Manager on study of the Central Business District, 1956 March 21
- Item 7: Letter from City Manager to Charles Agle on preparing Master Plan for the Central Business District, 1956 April 25
- Includes Agle's proposed outline for the Plan.
- Item 8: Handwritten outline for a Civic Center plan, undated
- Item 9: News clipping on Philadelphia civic center plans, 1952 July 6
- Item 10: City Planning Commission Report, 1954 May 15
- Includes City Manager note to City Council on proposed public hearing.
- Item 11: Letter from City Planning Commission to City Manager on Civic Center locations, 1954 May 15
- Item 12: Correspondence regarding opposition to proposed Center locations, 1954 April 12
- Item 13: Correspondence regarding opposition to proposed Civic Center location, 1954 April 12
- Item 14: Letter from City Planning Commission to City Manager, 1953 June 6
- Item 15: Letter from Old Dominion Paper Company, 1953 June 5
- Item 16: Letter from City Planning Commission to City Manager on Civic Center location, 1953 June 5
- Item 17: Letter from City Planning Commission to City Manager on Civic Center location, 1953, June 4
- Item 18: Report on public hearing, 1954 April 13
- Item 19: Letter from City Manager to Civic Center Committee, 1953 June 2
- Item 21: City Manager memorandum to City Council on estimated costs, 1953 March 31
- Item 22: Letter from Corporation Court to City Planning Commission, 1953 April 30
- Raises concerns about location of courts and jails in the proposed plan.
- Item 23: City Manager memorandum to City Council on estimated costs, 1953 May 19
- Item 24: Letter from City Planning Commission to City Manager on public comments, 1953 March 13
- Item 25: City memorandum on real estate costs, 1953 February 25
- Includes handwritten note.
- Item 26: Memorandum by architect Vincent Kling on planning meeting, 1955 November 22
- Folder 2: Civic Center Records, 1953-1956
- Item 1: Real estate costs ledger, undated
- Item 2: Real estate costs ledger, undated
- Item 3: Comparative cost data report, undated
- Item 4: Analysis of municipal workforce, undated
- Item 5: Transit issues related to Civic Center, undated
- Includes map with transit lines.
- Item 6: City letter to State regarding city jail, 1956 January 20
- Item 7: Letter from City Planning Commission to Circuit Court, filing of Civic Center plan, 1955 July 11
- Item 8: Report on costs associated with site selection, undated
- Folder 9: Proposals for construction financing, undated
- Item 10: Report on real estate costs and site location considerations, undated
- Item 11: Four City memoranda, 1953 March-July
- Folder 3: Cultural Center Records, 1952-1953
- Item 1: City resolution approving Cultural Center, 1952 July 1
- Item 2: Memorandum to City Planning Commission on Cultural Center public hearing, undated
- Hearing was held on January 11, 1952.
- Item 3: Letter from Norfolk Museum to City Planning Commission on Cultural Center plan and location, 1952 April 1
- Folder 4: Cultural Center Plan, with maps, 1951 December
- Plate IV of City Plan.
- Folder 5: Cultural Center Plan, with edits, undated
- Emends Plan in Folder 4.
- Folder 6: Finished Cultural Center Plan, with maps, 1951 December
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